Zip lookup · NC

27581
Stem, North Carolina.

Stem, Granville County, NC · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro · population 3,880

What it costs per month · 27581 $1,644/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$930 (+130%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $151 +0%
$313,027$313,178 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $64,923 +26%
$248,255$313,178 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 27581 $1,644 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 27581$1,644
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 27581 rose 0.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Stem, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $313,178 as of Sep 2026
+0.0%year on year

Typical home value — 27581

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 27581 $313,178 Durham $401,581 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 27581$313,178
  • Durham$401,581
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.6 27509 Butner 7,766 — $267,263
7.3 27522 Creedmoor 13,083 $1,700 $335,454
8.6 27503 Bahama 5,374 — $472,926
8.8 27572 Rougemont 6,131 — $359,813
12.0 27712 Durham 24,299 $2,262 $414,902
12.1 27565 Oxford 23,826 — $248,687
12.3 27704 Durham 40,102 $1,741 $301,355
12.9 27583 Timberlake 7,242 — $315,735
15.8 27525 Franklinton 17,110 $1,350 $349,449
16.3 27544 Kittrell 3,329 — $233,735
16.8 27701 Durham 24,793 $1,671 $411,478
17.0 27703 Durham 63,458 $1,805 $376,573
18.4 27705 Durham 49,923 $1,536 $458,743
18.4 27587 Wake Forest 82,886 $1,795 $504,797
18.7 27614 Raleigh 34,226 $1,556 $670,503
19.1 27613 Raleigh 45,235 $1,373 $580,326
19.1 27573 Roxboro 11,537 — $186,404
19.7 27574 Roxboro 14,928 — $234,307

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.